Yard News September/October 2013 - U.S. Coast Guard

2 Yard News September/October 2013
The Commanding Officer’s Column
by Captain George A. Lesher
Greetings, Shipmates! Lots of great
work going on at the CG Yard as
detailed in this newsletter. EAGLE has
made her annual trek to the shipyard,
and we are overhauling her forward
mast, among the other work in her
availability package. The shiplift is full
with the MEP 270’ WMEC
MOHAWK, SAPELO, and VIGI-
LANT. The OAKRIDGE is coming
back to life after completing repairs
and the second of two successful
raising and lowering evolutions.
On the people side, you will notice
an article on one of our command
initiatives which is to improve the
workplace climate at the CG Yard. I’ll
save the details; you can read the
complete story later in this letter. As
you have heard many times before, the
Coast Guard is about the people.
Without them, we can’t perform a
single one of our missions. No different
here in the shipyard or with our
base operations. Speaking of people,
sadly we lost one of our own a few
weeks ago. ET1 Kelly Murphy, from
the C3CEN Electronics Repair Facility
located here in Baltimore, passed
away as a result of an automobile
accident. His family’s request was to
get to know some of his Coast Guard
shipmates that culminated in a memorial
service held at the gym and
attended by over 400 people from
every command in the area. Although
it was a very sad occasion, I could see
that his family very much appreciated
getting to know the people that were
part of his Coast Guard family and
hear them talk about ET1.
2013 Yard Strategic Planning Session
There is a short article below about
a strategic planning session conducted
by members of the CG Yard Executive
Steering Committee. We still have a
lot of work to do, but the group
mapped out seven goals for us to be
successful in the near future (2-5
years) as an organization. In the
coming months, we will be developing
these goals into our business routine
and measures, modifying the previous
plans developed back in 2009.
By the time you read this, we will be
approaching the holiday season. Please
take extra time and caution in your
travels, whether long distance or
locally. Be especially cautious about
drinking and driving – best thing is to
not do it. Designate someone as the
driver so the others in your party can
safely have fun. My holiday wish is
that everyone comes back to work in
the New Year safe and sound.
Thanks for all you do,
Semper Paratus!
Members of the Yard Leadership Council and Executive Steering Committee attended a three-day strategic planning
session at the Maritime Institute for Technology and Graduates Studies in Linthicum, Maryland, on October 29, 30, and 31.
The team identified the following seven goals for further development; 1) Develop a skilled workforce to complete ISVS
and Depot Maintenance, 2) Modernize the Yard organization and business processes, 3) Execute ISVS project on-schedule
and within budget, 4) Maintain and update the Base and Industrial facilities to meet the mission, 5) Complete depot
maintenance projects at best value to the Coast Guard, 6) Maintain Base support to the Yard, Tenants, and public service,
while complying with regulations, 7) Create awareness of the value of the Yard. These goals will be further developed
and implemented as the Yard’s Strategic Plan.
See Strategic Planning, pg 3
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